You ask me why I did what I did? Ask, rather, why the serpent Nidhogg eats the roots of Yggdrasil -- why, when the tree's death means, in turn, the dragon's ruin? Because, Thor, I keep telling you -- that is what it was born to do -- that is what I was born to do.

Loki is hiding out on Midgard, trying to avoid being found by the gods. But eventually, Geri and Freki find him, and soon after, Thor arrives. Thor tries to talk to him, but Loki tells him he ran because of all the things the gods, and Thor, have done to him. But Thor tells him that he has killed Balder, and so Loki must face judgment.

The true origin of Thor's archenemy and Marvel's most unpredictable villain! He is the lie-smith; he is the shape-changer; he is the fire that burns. The God of Mischief and Trickery, Loki. Meet the mirthful, beloved young man that made all the Asgardians laugh...until the first time he killed. Discover the gnarled roots of his twisted, unrelenting hatred of the Asgardians. And learn the chilling truth of why he'll never be stopped...